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by Rijckeghem, Jean-Claude van,
[ ] , IJzerkop. Authors: Gehrman, Kristen,--translator. Physical details: 419 pages ; 24 cm Subject(s): Ghent (Belgium) --History --19th century --Fiction. | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 --Fiction. | Gender identity --Fiction. | Arranged marriage --Fiction. | Young adult fiction. | Bildungsromans. --lcgft | Historical fiction. --lcgft Item type :
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Colonel Gray High School Historical RIJ Available

Originally published in Dutch by Querido in 2020 under title: IJzerkop.

Ages 12 and up. Levine Querido.

Grades 10-12. Levine Querido.

In 1808 Ghent, eighteen-year-old Constance runs away from an arranged marriage to a much older man and by stealing his clothes, sneaking out of the house disguised as a man, and joining Napoleon's army.